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An East Greek Chalcedony Scaraboid
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The oval gem in two-tone chalcedony, brown to grey, engraved with a lion bounding towards the left, its jaw open and its tail waving behind, framed in a hatched border.

Provenance:
European art market.
European collection, 1980s.
Condition:
Intact
References:
cf. Henig, M; Classical Gems; Ancient and modern intaglios and cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, p. 39, no. 63, for a parallel.

Boardman, J; Greek Gems and Finger Rings, no. 294, for a lion within a border.
Category:
Greek
Period:
Graeco-Persian
Date:
East Greek, 5th-4th Century B.C.
Material:
Chalcedony
Width:
5/8" (1.6cm)
Display Stand:
No
 
 

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